Circle the correct answer, and provide a sentence or two explaining why the corr

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Circle the correct answer, and provide a sentence or two explaining why the correct answer is correct.

1) Alphonse is an African-American men who is about to take an IQ test. Knowing that African-Americans are on average thought to do worse on intelligence tests than non-Hispanic whites would probably cause him to perform___________ becuase of__________.

a) Better; culural bias

b) Better; stereotype threat

c) Worse; stereotype threat

2) The "Stroop" task might require taht a participant:

a) Looke at the word "red" highlighted in purple and say red

b) Click the left button when the blue box appears on the left

c) Click the right button when the blue box appears on the left

Explanation / Answer

Ans 1 : B) Better ; stereotype threat

Since the African americans are thought to perform worse in IQ tests than the non -Hispanic whites , the former perform better . Many studies have shown that when the people are promised to give monetary rewards or benefits they are likely to perform better than the usual. This is the normal human tendency. It tends to perform better in the stress situations.

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